Lead cast: Namkoong Min, Lee SeolLatest Nielsen rating: 6.4 per centFollowing his turn as a brooding film director in 2025’s pensive drama Our Movie, Namkoong Min bumps up the tempo for The Husband, a mile-a-minute thriller about a collapsing marriage thrown into further turmoil when a kidnapper enters the picture.In an opening that echoes the mysterious romantic thrills of Park Chan-wook’s 2022 film Decision to Leave, Kang Tae-ju (Namkoong) and his wife Ko Se-yun (Lee Seol, who also appeared in Our Movie) engage in some daring early morning rock climbing before greeting the sunrise with smiles.Smash cut to several years later, and the picture is very different. The couple, now decidedly sour-faced, sit on stage in a hospital auditorium as Se-yun’s hospital director father, Ko Dong-chan (Jang Gwang, Low Life), gives a speech.The Husband | Main Trailer | Disney+ SingaporeJust as Dong-chan calls his star surgeon son-in-law up to make a speech, Tae-ju is abruptly called away for an emergency operation. Later that day, he is due to perform a minor operation on one of the hospital’s VIP sponsors, only to suddenly delay the procedure to attend to another patient in urgent need.
K-drama The Husband: Namkoong Min leads twisty kidnapping thriller
Namkoong Min plays a man about to divorce his wife, played by Lee Seol, when she is kidnapped in this over-the-top potboiler.
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